As House Speaker Mike Johnson seeks to retain his grip on the gavel, Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., is demanding ‘assurances’ that Johnson ‘won’t sell us out to the swamp.’ Johnson, who secured the speaker’s gavel last year, got a major boost on Monday when Trump endorsed him to remain in…
The Department of Defense (DoD) announced two weapons packages for Ukraine on Monday, totaling $2.47 billion. The first of the two, the Presidential Drawdown Authority package, with an ‘estimated value’ of $1.25 billion, is meant to ‘provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: missiles for air…
Russia’s foreign minister has rejected a reported peace deal involving Ukraine and NATO, claiming that the proposals have been made by President-elect Trump’s advisors. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the comments during an interview with TASS, a state-run Russian news agency, on Monday. During the interview, Lavrov claimed that…
Several political figures on both sides of the aisle increased their profile in 2024 and are primed to become key voices in their respective parties in 2025 and beyond. Democrats suffered a major blow in 2024, in a year that saw President Biden bow out of the political race and…
Ongoing surpluses in the lithium market continued weighing down prices and impeding the sector’s growth throughout 2024. A broad consolidation prompted analysts to declare that prices have bottomed, signaling a potential recovery ahead. According to a Sprott Insights report from late July, a lithium shortage could materialize in 2025 and…
As the year closes, we’re taking a look back at our most popular gold news articles of 2024. The gold mining industry in 2024 has been marked by turbulence and transformation, reflecting the sector’s resilience amid environmental challenges, regulatory shifts and fluctuating market conditions. The year has underscored the complexities…
Looking at the resource sector, Martin, who also hosts the Jay Martin Show on YouTube, said the current decade has been defined by chaos and uncertainty, with no signs of a slowdown any time soon. With that in mind, his macro thesis on commodities remains steadfast, and he’s watching three…
Copper was trading on the COMEX at under US$4 per pound at the beginning of 2024, but by May 21, the red metal’s price had surged to a record high of US$5.11 per pound. Price momentum at the start of the year was owed to several factors, including increasing demand…
Google’s blowout earnings report in April, which sparked the biggest rally in Alphabet shares since 2015 and pushed its market cap past $2 trillion for the first time, tempered fear that the company was falling behind in artificial intelligence. As executives enthusiastically talked about the results with Google’s employees at an all-hands meeting the following week,…
The advertising market has positive momentum going into 2025 — especially for media companies with sports rights and tentpole live programming. Sports and live events such as awards shows reigned supreme in conversations with media executives who weighed in on their expectations for the advertising market in the year ahead.…